Education

Title: Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College Authors: Andrew Ferguson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Type: Non Fict...

A school district in Anaheim, California is the latest to distribute GPS devices to habitually truant students. But what role does a private company in Texas have in monitoring the students?

A complaint of protesters across the Middle East is widespread unemployment -- even among the young, motivated and well-educated. It's causing tensions from Jordan to Egypt.

Question: Eric, a professor and musician in Decorah, Iowa, wonders about the choice he made with his 529 college savings plan. He has two childre...

Tunisia's nickname in Arabic is "Tunis the Green." It's kind of puzzling if you come here in the summer, when everything is sun-baked, or if you...

Tess Vigeland and MoneyWatch's Kathy Kristoff talk about why Twitter isn't good for investing advice and answer your questions about non-loan options to pay for college, paying down student debt and whether you can have too much money to qualify for a loan.

President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union speech last night, and focused on ways the U.S. can remain globally competitive. He said there's...

Kai Ryssdal talks to Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America, about her thoughts on what it will take to improve education for all in America.

Title: A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All Author: Wendy Kopp Publisher: PublicAf...

Teacher performance. Standardized testing. Charter schools. Those are just some of the topics dominating the discussion on education reform. But what about something even more basic -- like how we talk about success and failure with children?